Saying goodbye to Argentina My last meal in Argentina was filete rellena. It couldn’t have been a more fitting final meal to see me off from this fantastic country. The waiter brought me this ridiculously huge steak. The sheer size and scale of the thing was beyond my comprehension. I knew immediately I was in …
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Salta, we salute you
It didn’t take long at all. We climbed off the night bus into Salta at around 11:00. We knew we couldn’t check in to our room until 13:00 but flew by the place we were staying to drop our backs off. Rather than just grabbing breakfast at a local confiteria, Maria who we were staying …
Back on the road and back in business
Travelling west across Argentina It has been great staying in Puerto Iguazu for a week, even if things didn’t go exactly as planned. Since we left Barcelona, we’ve had a manic few weeks. We moved around a lot in the UK, while squeezing in all sorts of activities like weddings, catching up with family and …
Iguazú Falls: As close to paradise as you’re going to get
Legend has it that back in the day there was a beautiful woman called Naipi. She was so beautiful that a god was going to marry her. Naipi loved another, however, and the two sailed off together in a canoe. This royally pissed off the god who was after Naipi. In a truly Trumpian way …
A tough decision well made
Everton 1 – West Ham 3 and River Plate 4 – San Martin 1 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires It is never easy choosing to not watch Everton and it never happens without good reason. We were in Buenos Aires and I’d found somewhere I believed would be showing the Everton v West …
Buenos Aires Part 1: Chaos and fire, but no spark
When you step off the plane in Buenos Aires it doesn’t take long before the chaos hits you. You stand in an orderly line, you hand over your passport, the nice man welcomes you to his country, you go through to get your luggage, and then boom. Total chaos. There are sniffer dogs randomly walking …